Why I still play The Sims 2 (and not The Sims 4)
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- čas přidán 21. 07. 2024
- An entirely personal, subjective and oddly specific series of rants about why I prefer The Sims 2 over the The Sims 3 and The Sims 4. DISCLAIMER: This is not valid nor constructive criticism towards any of these games, these are purely just feelings. I thought it could be interesting to some, maybe someone out there can relate? Nobody? Okay... I'll see myself out.
I do realise there were a couple of things I find to be key features of The Sims 2 but forgot to mention or just didn't explain that well. For example, chemistry, personalities, hobbies, etc. But if I wanted to talk about every single thing I love about this game, this would be a three day long video. I wanted to keep it short and focus on the exact things that make it hard for me to really enjoy the other games. So sorry, maybe next time!
Chapters:
0:00 intro & disclaimer
1:36 graphics, art style, animations, functionality, simplicity, small sensory things etc
9:30 rotational gameplay & control
11:43 systems: wants, time, aging, memories etc
17:24 overwhelming amount of new content
18:32 replayability?? meaningful content over random stuff
20:53 one last attempt at explaining myself and apologising
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Sims 4 is basically a building simulator. The build mode is great, but the game itself is boring and empty, even with all packs, you know
yeah, it just feels so shallow to me, like it was not even meant to keep people playing for a long time. :(
@@Pixuou One thing that i miss a lot of the sims 2 is the "chemistry" of a romantic relationship. in the sims 4 you just spam the interacions and you can be the girlfriend or boyfrien of anyone
. that makes the interaccion so boring and without feeling. (in my opinion)
@@carbohydrated2447 mods can help with that but it really should be base game, it’s still an ongoing game so hopefully EA can get their head together and make it happen for us. We need a relationship overhaul, desperately.
GIRL I READ THIS WRONG I READ THE SIMS 2 INSTEAD OF SIMS 4!I WAS ABOUT TO WRITE A BIG PARAGRAPH SAYING WHY THE SIMS 2 IS AMAZING 😂😂😂😂
building sim and dollmaker.
One of the things I love about TS2, is when you order a lazy Sim to do a simple task, like washing the dishes. The Sim looks at you and points at himself, as if asking "me?" Then, the Sim sighs, his shoulders slump and he walks with his head down, as if he's going to do the hardest task in the world.
yes, i love that too! sims just have so much nuance to their personality in the sims 2.
@@Pixuou Every time this happens, I point back at Sim and I say "Yes, you!"
@@debbiie_moreira i often do that too! :D
I fully agree with you! The Sims 2 is the most complete in my opinion, an even if it came out in 2004 it still feels really modern. There may be people who think the graphics and outfits are outdated, and there's penty of custom content available, but the game doesn't depend on it because the gameplay is deep and "alive" on its own. I just want to thank you because you and your videos helped me to get my favourite game in my computer again :)
i agree, i think it feels modern too, especially once you get it to run well on a modern computer and update the fashion a tiny bit! :D i'm so glad you found my videos helpful!!
Not on the PS2 that one is a buggy piece of crap that doesn’t even function properly!
Honestly sims 2 outfits are in now, 00's are currently trending
Even if the outfits are outdated, i just pretend my sims are just stuck in 2005 lol
Just me and my nostalgia i guess
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I miss the Sims 2 system for wants/fears so much. The gameplay was so deep in comparison to the Sims 4.
Why you missed it, you can still play it
@@Broccoli75 windows 10 is a true nightmare to get sims 2 on. I have used the 4gb patch and dvxk and still can't get it to work.
@@MrKevinritsema put "-w" into a shortcut of the game, and then open it in the full screen, using a program "Fullscreenyzer"
@@MrKevinritsema try the program 'Graphic Rules Maker', it's so easy to get the game running with it
@@MrKevinritsema i dont think youre supposed to use dvxk unless specifically told to. There also is a sims 2 discord that can help you i believe
The Sims 2 always feels like good a sitcom to me, where it is impossible not to feel attached to the characters and the worlds you create and share (ugh, Sims 2 exchange and machinima nostalgia!). Sims 2 just feels so detailed and thought out in every regard, ESPECIALLY the animations. To think that we went from Sims 1 to THAT, we had no idea how good we had it back then!
Sims 4 tries too hard to cater to younger audiences because that's where the money is. Remember how steamy the animations were in previous iterations? Remember the cake dancers from Sims 1? There is just no real challenge given to you in the Sims 4, everyone has to create his own challenges to make it interesting, some people find enjoyment in this but I'd love to be thrown into a living breathing world like in the Sims 2. Every neighborhood has had its own stories, family quarrels, mystery and so much more to uncover. Here's to hoping that the Sims 5 will do better (if it ever comes out) 🤞
Didn't expect you here Artem
Oh yeah, the couch makeout interaction in Sims 2 was so cool too me. The romance interactions in Sims 4 seem a lot less passionate somehow.
To me Sims 4 sims are just animated Barbie dolls and they have about as much emotion. Bleh.
I play Sims 4 with everything from Wicked Whims, Deadly Spells, Basemental Drugs, Extreme Violence and Burglar modded in.
I torment sims for enjoyment - I'm not paying $1000 for a cutesy, G-rated, babies game.
i was getting bored of playing sims 4, so I decided to play sims 2. it's been more than a week since I downloaded it (from your video!!! thanks for that), and I just love it more and more. definitely the best sims game!
i'm so glad i could help you with that!!
I prefer Sims 3
But I agree. Sims 2 is so much more fun to play than sims 4.
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@@SyntheticGoth omggg, I was a big fan a few years ago, but I still enjoy their music a lot!!!
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Because you are spoiled with good PC
It's funny that you like the sims 2 for having control, because I like the sims 2 for complete oposite reason - I don't like having control and making decisions exhausts me. I play as an observer rather than a god, and the sims 2 fits so well this kind of gameplay style with its wants % fears system and really good autonomy. It's great that this game can fulfill these two seemingly excluding gameplay styles!
totally, the free will in sims 2 is so good
"I don't like having control and making decisions exhausts me." Damn, you're almost as pathetic of a creature as I am 😂
I love that you said this cause I actually like both aspects really. I don’t want townies or other household to progress when I’m not watching/playing them but I do like the “randomization” of life goals and job searches and stuff. I feel like in the sims 4 you get to decide everything all the time and life just doesn’t work that way and frankly it’s exhausting. A couple of surprises that just “happen” are always nice. Like I kinda love when I decide that my sim is gonna be a small appartment girlie but than she marries someone who turns out wants to have 6 children or something. It gives these really nice twists to your game play which keeps it interesting.
While I love The Sims 2, The Sims 3 will always take my heart bc of my gameplay style. I understand your reasoning and you’re right! The Sims 4 feels very empty compared to the content and gameplay you get in previous games.
& something I feel like I should add on is that the team for The Sims 3 had to cut out a lot of small details because of how heavy the game already was. I.E, opening drawers to get cooking utensils. This is nothing in comparison with how many details, small or huge they cut out in The Sims 4 though. The Sims 4 has so many amazing ideas but such a lazy-cut corner team. I wish they’d stop releasing packs and work on the core game.
(You should totally make a discussion post so people can talk about their ideas and wants for the future! I don’t want to blow up your comments so this will be my last one lol.)
Agreed
@@DVD-hf6wl I actually never experience much lag on my PC and I have all of my settings on high. & it’s not even a super upgraded gaming pc. There are fixes on youtube that could possibly help! I wouldn’t know if they work or not bc I haven’t needed them. What version of TS3 do you have?
I do wish there were more skills though.. like in Sims 3 there are separate skills for everything and skill challenges too
The Sims 2 is just so freaking good and it holds up incredibly well even today! Also, I looove watching Cindy's (aka Pleasant Sims) Let's Play!
me too, i always look forward to new episodes of it like it was christmas eve! she's taught me so much and inspired me massively
And that's why EA won't sell sims 2. They can't have it outperform 4 and then look like losers
I totally agree with your point of simulation lag from TS4 being a total turn off! I have tried getting into it several times but it's hard to get into it without getting frustrated from it taking forever, even in a good computer.
yes! it's just so frustrating especially when you often switch to speed 2 and 3 (and i do... all the time...)
Finally someone who agress wth me 😭💖
Same here😗✌️
ahh i'm so glad you guys feel me!!
And me ❤️
Tbh I prefer playing the sims 3 (and I still play it actually) but it feels soooo nice to come back to the sims 2 occasionaly ! This game has its whole atmosphere and way of playing 🙌🏻
Same. I love Sims 3. I can’t wait to purchase the last 2 expansion packs I’m missing.
If only Sims 4 was a combination of 2's graphic and 3's open world
I go back and forth between 2 and 3, mostly 3 but i really dont like 4
Sims 3 will always be my number 1 game. Mostly due to childhood nostalgia, but also somewhat because I feel, of all the games, it’s the one I can play with no mods, no custom content, no expansion packs, just base game, and still have fun! I personally really like the style of the sims (unpopular opinion I know)! Honestly, I can play the sims 3 for the entire day and not get tired of it.
I used to only have base game and late night as a child and yet I still racked up hundreds of hours on it just with those alone.
I do love the sims 2 too, but being a 2003 born kid, sims 3 was the big game growing up, not two. But I can still appreciate the game for what it is! The lore is incredible comparative to any other game. I’m also a sucker for realism. Give me a game where I have to buy my clothes to use them, and where I have to do my kid’s laundry and I’m sold. So the fact you don’t start with a mobile, the fact you don’t own every item of clothing ever, just tiny details like that, really set that game for me. However, as someone who hates controlling sims and prefers to be more like a watchful God, I find the whole ‘time not progressing on other lots’ deal really aggravating. I don’t play rotationally so it bites when my sim has gone from baby to death and Don Lothario is still bopping about as a young adult, you know? That said, I can still easily get hours of fun out of it, despite my dislike of certain aspects.
Sims 4 is ridiculously boring to me. I have a bunch of the packs, and I’ve still not touched it for months because it’s just not fun. I can get maximum an hour of entertainment, before I get tired (seriously, everytime I’ve played, I’ve unironically fallen asleep at my computer). It’s just so unentertaining because it’s so catered to children and I’m no longer in that demographic. I remember finding the raunchy sims 2 cutscenes so funny and charming. I remember laughing at the dancers in the sims 3 bachelor and bachelorette parties. The sims 4 gives me nothing to find entertaining. It’s just en empty husk to me.
Another key part is the sims. Sims 2 and Sims 3 sims had so much personality. The Sims 3 traits makes every sim seem like a different person. The Sims 2 didn’t have as many, but the hobby system, the chemistry system etc seriously made the game so enjoyable and made everyone feel like separate entities. The sims 4 sims however feel like empty shells. Like sure, I can make my sim neat, I can make them creative, but it just feels so pointless. It does nothing to impact them and they still just feel like heaps of nothing to me.
The ONLY thing I enjoy in sims 4 is CAS, and that’s only because I like making hyper realistic sims, and custom content lets me do that. The whole process is very streamline, I’ll give it that.
The sims 4 also just runs awfully. I play the sims 3 with max settings on everything except reflections. Sure, it crashes once every 4 hours or so, but I have an auto save and the game loads up pretty quickly for me. The sims 2 is why? 17 years old almost? Runs like a dream on my little laptop. The sims 4 on the other hand.. I play it with the LOWEST graphics, with laptop mode on, with the simulation lag fix mod on and I still struggle to get my sims to walk from one side of the room to the other!
I don’t play sims 4 because the lack of gameplay and it looks to childish for me. I just don’t like that game at all!
it looks quite childish to me too! i actually think there *is* some gameplay potential in it, but not really the kind i like, and even that only if you already have a couple of packs.
For me personally the sims 3 is my favorite, but my brother prefers sims 2 just like you do! I had gotten so many expansions for sims 4 to try to make my game feel “complete”but I would just end up wanting more because of how boring the gameplay would get. With the Sims 2 and Sims 3 I feel like I don’t have to force drama to happen in my worlds. Love the video 💙
I love The Sims 2 as well! Wants, fears, memories, complex relationships, and more options. Nothing is disallowed; you can even be a single parent at university!
I love all the Sims games (though 4 is definitely last on the list lol, I still love it) but whenever I play the Sims 2, I just feel at home. After playing it for the first time in who knows how long, 10-15 years, I felt so GOOD! And it's the little things that make it the best imo. Like the fact that if you put your couple Sims to sleep in the same bed, they'll CUDDLE! Little things like that are missing from the Sims 4, and it's those things along with the lack of deep gameplay, that makes it feel hollow. So what if the graphics aren't as good? The Sims 2 is still an amazing game and definitely holds up ♡
I’m glad to see more people appreciate the Sims 2 graphics. I think it found a great balance between realism and unrealism, where the Sims look human enough but never uncanny valley, and your options for making something really crazy are also so good. I also prefer being able to play without Sims just doing their own thing while you continue someone else’s storyline. It just aids your storytelling to be able to micromanage that bit of life. Rotational gameplay gives so many options with how to explore a storyline. It’s so much fun to play a serial cheat in The Sims 2, but when they have full autonomy like in other games, it’s too easy for them to get caught. And I much prefer the reputation meter to the fame system in the other games, bc it just feels more real and more interesting.
omg i can't believe that there are other people like me 🥺🥺😍😍 I HAAATEEE story progression, i love that i can play all of my families seperately in Sims 2 without stressing out
I fully agree with you on everything. I've been playing the sims 2 for almost 20 years now (obviously for many years without personalized content) and as much as I've tried both 3 and 4, in the end I've always come back to the sims 2, for the exact same reasons you listed . For me it will remain the most beautiful of all together with the first❤️
The sims 1 and 2 both have a lot of personality and charm in ways that 3 and 4 do not. It’s very strange because Sims 1 is much more robotic than 3 and 4 due to how old it is, yet it feels more genuine and alive. The sims 2 completely blows sims 1 out of the water in terms of sims personality’s and quirks.
The main problem I find with 3 and 4 is that sims are always happy and laughing and in the sims 4, even with the sad emotion, sims feel like cartoon characters and not like real people. When a sim dies in 2, you see genuine grief in your sim when they cry for the next day or 2.
@@dundee6402 the problem with the sims in the sims 3 is when their mood is high they randomly clap and laugh like an insane person haha.
Sims 2 really is the greatest of all, I love Sims 1 too, I wish it wasn't so damn hard! Content-wise Sims 3 wins but as you said, sometimes I just like the simplicity of Sims 2
haha yeah the sims 1 is HARD! but again, sims 3 and 4 players find the sims 2 hard too. i myself find it quite easy now - i've just practiced everything so much, i am always looking for new challenging situations (but luckily you can find loads of those in the sims 2).
@@Pixuouthis is one of the reasons I don’t like sims 4. It’s just far too easy for me. Even sims 2 is a bit easy when it comes to making money (especially when you just send all your sims to uni) but at least it takes some time to build a giant mansion. I started a challenge in sims 4 with literally no money and no possessions and it wasn’t a challenge at all. Took like two Simdays to have a full functioning house with all the random ways you can collect (loads of) money in the sims 4. Honestly it just feels like cheating. Might as well turn on the money cheat as it wouldn’t make that much of a difference.
I played Sims 1 exclusively from 2001-2017. Had a decade+ of custom content. I love it still, mostly nostalgia and time spent. In 2017 I finally played Sims 2 and was very impressed. In 2018 I played Sims 3 and a month later, I played Sims 4. I still play all 4 versions of The Sims. I like different things about all 4 games. Already covered TS1, TS2 all the things you've just said, TS3 create a style and so much to do and sims AI, TS4 ease of use and convenience and search bar in build buy and gallery access. Of all 4 games, I cannot deny that TS2 is the best in the franchise - it just is. It gets more things just right than any of the other 3 do. The other 3 have good points, sure, but TS2 just has more of them. Loved your video and can relate to your feelings for TS2. You are not alone. Thanks for sharing.
~FM :)
my favorite game has always been and will always be the sims 3, but i totally get your points and agree with most of them!
What you said about control is the main reason why people prefer 2 over 3. The players that value open world & story progression play 3 and those who like doing controlled rotational play, play 2. It’s not about quality, it’s about play style.
I’m a sims 3 content creator and in love with it, but sims 2 and the original sims will always have a special place in my heart. The nostalgia brings me so much joy 🤍
I like the 2000s feel and vibe. You can try your best to replicate it in TS4 but there's nothing that compares to playing something actually from 2005.
This made me realize how differently I play the sims, because the thing I miss the most in 2 is lack of story progression and asynchronous time
My favorite is Sims 3! I love how towns feel alive even without mods I love watching inactive families live their lives when my sim is busy, create a style is such an amazing feature when you spend a lot of time building and dressing sims like I do. There are probably more things I could say about 3 that I love, tbh I don’t even mind potato faces that much
Me too. Plus potato face is super easy to fix. I love following around a random sim to see what they're going to do. It's quite interesting
i love sims 2 graphics too! and the 2004 fashion is one of my favorite things about the game.
I like to play the Sims 2 the most. Wants and fears 👏
You are so right in many things!! The Sims 2 has that "magic" the other Sims games are lacking, I love the feeling of playing sims 2!
btw amazing video! thanks for covering so much Sims 2 related content with such improving quality!! keep on giving us your fellow Simmers this amazing content!
I love the ts2 and ts3 I don't know how I've played Sims 4 for 3 years I've really grown to dislike the game, I got really bored with the game consistently and I thought it was just because I was tired of playing it but no, I constantly been playing the ts2 and ts3 for months and I have not once have gotten bored yet, personally I like ts3 a lot better because of the amount of things kids can do and the events that can happen with them and I love the opportunities, but I love the cute details in the Sims 2 the game is so detailed, also Sims 4 is basically unplayable for me the Sims 2 and 3 run way smoother for me and one is open world and the other has old programming, I can't with how many times my game lag I can't even move my camera without getting a ton of lag, it's terrible, but the cc and mods are amazing for that game the cc and mods are the only things that got me to play for so long I could never play without them, I feel ripped off that I spent so much money on that game though.
I think you can really tell how much effort and thought was put into the Sims 2's animations
The Sims 2 with all the expansions feels so full and special even 20 years later, what an achievement!!
The animations bit is SO on point. The animations in sims 3 and 4 have always bothered me, seeing sims teleport into cars, elevators etc always break my immersion, on the other hand sims 2 animations are so fluid and detailed. I remember playing sims 3 a while ago and being bothered by the talking while dining animations, cause like, at some point sims would go from talking with their hands straight into eating without any animation between the two actions, like they would just go from a stance into another with no fluidity at all! Sims 2 have really spoiled me, and even though my preferred playstyle is not rotational, I'd still rather stick with sims 2 (specially with the story progression mod on the works).
I identify so much with what your saying. I really prefer the sims 2, is so much enjoyable, feels like the artists and programmers who made it are in love e having fun with their work. Not just wanting to sell anything as an expensive expansion like the sims 4...
This is me. I’m 18 born in 2002 so I missed the main hype era of the Sims 2 but I played it when I was 10 and I loved it. The Sims 3 and 4 just never felt good enough for me. The graphics to me are better in the Sims 2 surprisingly and the gameplay is the just best.
This!! I begged and begged for ts2 double deluxe for years and finally got it, but couldnt run it on our family computer for another couple years LMAO. So i would just play the bonus disc and hype myself up with all the tutorials and gameplay videos BDBCBVJDJD
I played ts2 without mods or cc (and limited packs) for 15 years and never got bored...
Totally agree! I like your channel, waiting for more videos in the future! :) I played Sims 2 when I was a child, I liked the game, but my playstyle was a mess, haha. I started playing Sims 3 when it came out, there were so many exciting things and a big new world to explore. But now I play sims 2 again, and I can't get enough of it. I like the rotational wants base playstyle too!
I love the personality details in Sims 2. The sims react to things you make them do, and there are very funny interactions. Not to mention the cutscenes.
never would have guessed there was such a big community of sims 2 fans still playing. I remember getting it in late 2004 and thinking it was advanced for its time..... and extremely fun. Now I wanna play again. Thanks for taking the time with all these Sims 2 vids
The sims 2 always comes out on top for me. It feels like home
The sims 2 is probably the best game in the sims series. So i really agree with you on this one. I really miss how dynamic sims games were back then then. :-(
i'm so happy someone agrees!! i can enjoy the sims 2 without any mods, to this day, and the other games never captured my attention in the same way.
100% Sims 2 holds a very special place in my heart! Totally agree with everything you said, and I LOVE how out there and unique Sims 2 is! Not to mention how nostalgic the game is for me! So glad your other video helped me download, and enhance it for modern gameplay!! 😊
i totally agree with everything mentioned here, i've tried playing the other games but the sims just feel lifeless and i'm unable to emotionally connect with them as crazy as that sounds...
I play the Sims 2 since 2005 when I was 5 years old. When Sims 4 came out, I was totally exited and I actually played it a lot, but I always got so bored! I own many of the Sims 4 expansion packs, but it is still boring! So I came back to Sims 2 and I love it. I started downloading cc and mods. So I still enjoy Sins 2 after 16 years and it must be my most played game :)
I find every problem I have with the sims 2 is fixed by mods, which I can't say for the other games. I just now found a traits mod and before I had to make up personalities for my sims. Now they get them in game. I also love the homeschool/boarding school/technical institute mod and the expansive farming mod that I have. It adds layers to the game that keep it fresh.
I agree with you on every account. The only two reasons I've moved up to The Sims 4 were, firstly, the interaction options, which, in my opinion, seem broader and more realistic, and, secondly, the graphics. I tried to get back to The Sims 2 at one point, but found the graphics already a little cartoonish for my taste. Anyway, keep enjoying your game the way you like it! In fact, I've never felt so happy playing The Sims as when I played The Sims 2! Take care, cheers!
I like to play The Sims 3 and 4, but The Sims 2 is definitely my favorite. The game has something that others don't have, a harmony that I can't explain.
The soundtrack from 2 is also great! That's one thing that always brings me back.
I agree with everything you said. And when I discovered Pleasant Sims, I started playing rotationally, added mods and custom contents I love and now my game is perfect and I have so much fun. I unistalled TS4 some time ago and I don't miss it at all.
I agree with you & also find myself having to explain to friends why I prefer 2. Most of them play/played 3 or 4 and some never even tried 2, which I began playing really young back in 2008 when double deluxe came out. I tried 1 and played 3 a LOT too, but not more than sims 2. It’s just 🥺 engrained into me
The Sims 2 is magical in so many ways, I think i'll play it for as long as it's able to run (hopefully forever). The Sims 4 is okay, it just isn't the same. I agree with you 100%!
Loved your opinion! I playing with sims almost 21 years, I don't even know how I enjoyed it so much when I was like only 4-5 years, but something then just made The Sims so much captivating for me, if even I don't knew what I did and almost everytime my sister helped me to control the things before I learned myself. And The Sims 2 is also give me the same feeling, I loved it if even I don't play the same as I did before, but obviously people and style is changing. When The Sims 3 is come out, I felt the same, but I also felt as you said, it was sometimes too much. My sims just never leaved the house just because I can't control them the same time and can't be with them everywhere. I still love the game, but it is too much content for me. And there is the sims 4 which have amazing CAS and I still think they doing amazing with it, but the gameplay not so much interesting, it lacks really much of thigs, the emotions mostly annoying then make the game better, the whims are horrible and everyone has the same whims what makes think all the sims thinking the same and this is not even realistic that all. I was so sad and unhappy when I got a new pc and The Sims 2 wasn't running on it.. it was 2-3 years without the sims 2 and truly missed it, and never had the same fun with the others but finally several years ago my friend helped me with it and I can't stop playing with it again♥ sorry for the long story, but I just felt to share it cause you are not alone with this opinion ♥
I'm trying out The Sims 3 and I think it might be okay for picking out a handful of my favorite characters. My play style since the first Sims has been to populate my neighborhoods with what I think are interesting characters and build a story playing each family for a day to keep them all in sync. Sims 2, which I'm still playing, is ideal for that because my inactive sims are frozen until I come back to them. In the Sims 3 open world my Sims would age up to the next life stage by the time I got back to them.
I really enjoyed this video. Hearing different experiences and povs is always so interesting. I play the Sims 2 but really just for the nostalgia but after listening to what you said it might actually make my experience more enjoyable than it already is. Wasn’t expecting that.
I thought I was the only one! I've always found my way going back to Sims 2 every time.
I'm so glad there are other other people out there that adore this game, more than the 3rd and 4th addition. Honestly if the Sims 5 was a morph between Sims 1 and sims 2- oh my god, I would be in absolute bliss.
I agree with you 100%. I’ve really tried to like 3 and 4 but always come back home to the Sims 2
Remember the sims 4 came out in 2014 and it’s 2021. And there’s still bugs and lack of gameplay! Sims 2 has more gameplay than sims 4.
yeah, that's the real issue with it, the sims 2's cycle went on for 4 years and they managed to pack so much good stuff into it, whereas the sims 4 has been going for 7 years and technology has allowed for constant updates and constant community feedback and yet it's barely helping or moving forward still!
Idk why but I feel like sims 2 has the most soul, But the hate that sims 3 gets is a tad bit underserved, the issues does take away from the expirence, but if you look under all of that it can be as great as sims 2.
i agree, it's a great game. just for different playstyles than mine!
@@Pixuou yeah I agree
I have the Sims 3 and 4 downloaded on Origin but I recently bought a CD Drive reader and The Sims 2 Double Deluxe to play it again. Nothing beats the nostalgia of TS2 for me!
I still play Sims 2 as well, i did try to play Sims 4 for a little while but I got quickly bored and I also felt it took them AGES to do anything, the game spent most of its time on max speed and it's still felt super slow. Sims 2 is quirky, fun and has more depth to it. The sims 2 NPC are great too and the OG sims have their own stories and lives. Sims 2 forever!
Thank you so much for sharing your perspective! Is amazing to know this game has so much care and love backing it! It means to much to me and as fellow control freak , I get it!
My first Sims game is The Sims 3,but I feel discomfort then I play it now. The Sims 2 is very comfortable to me. TS2 is perfect.
For me it’s the opposite
@@Carolina-rd3gh Well, if you like a lot of lags and departures, the emotionlessness of the characters, the monkey walk and same pig faces, then for God's sake.
@@antonpetrov1483 My computer runs like butter, Sims 2 graphics and sims are much uglier to me, it’s a pain to install custom content to make the game seem somewhat updated, there are loads of loading screen that make me spend most of my gaming time just at home and almost never explore the world, the only world I like is the one that comes in apartment living, the lore is restricted to characters and has no bearing in the world, unlike the sims 3. I’m not saying it’s a bad game; I like the OG characters. But it’s pretty idiotic to be bashing someone for preferring a game because you don’t like the walkstyle of Sims when there are loads of valid reasons for someone to prefer it.
The sims 3 have the best worlds, expansion packs, emotion system based on moodlets, best life time aspirations, personality that is actually customisable and not tied to a point system and a stupid zodiac sign and that is not random, it’s the most fun game to play in every life stage (where are after school activities or learning how to drive in the sims 2), the worlds are rich, beautiful and fun, there are endless things to do in an amazing open world. I had almost all DLC for Sims 2 as a kid and still preferred my Sims 3 game with just a couple of the expansion packs I owned. That’s how good it was to me. But yeah… God forbid someone prefers Sims 3.
@@Carolina-rd3gh In my life I will not believe that Sims 3 is going well for someone, because with its optimization it lags even on modern devices. Unlike The Sims 2, which will run smoothly everywhere.
In the Sims 3, CC is much more difficult to install. In The Sims 2, you just throw it into the Downloads folder and it's already in the game.
In The Sims 2, you can create your own world right from the base, in The Sims 3 through a special application.
And the fact that it is closed or open is not the first thing, not everyone likes to drive Sims to community lots.
In The Sims 2, the default replacement sims are prettier and they look like real people. And unlike the piggies from The Sims 3, they don't look the same face.
Maybe there are no separate traits in The Sims 2, but in life mode they really behave in accordance with personal points. And there is also such a thing when you point them to something, they are either happy or disappointed. For example, a slob will look into the camera and be upset that he was forced to clean the toilet, or an extrovert will be glad that he was forced to hug someone. And Emotions?In TS3?Lol.
I'm not scolding you, The Sims 3 is not a bad game. It also has pluses.
The Sims 2 has excellent characters, lively, interesting plot. Olive Specter, Curious Brothers with them pregnancy by aliens, Caliente, etc. The Sims 3 does not have an interesting plot, developing relationships between Sims or spoiling them is difficult, and in S2 it is very easy.
@@antonpetrov1483 I run The Sims 3 smoothly with all packs on one old gaming laptop. The Sims 2 actually presents a lot of glitches and in Windows 10 computers half of the people need to look for fixes to make it even start. I never needed to create a world of my own in the Sims 3 because the ones that come with it are gorgeous and giant unlike the sims 2 ones and I can always download beautiful worlds the community has made. If I wanted to create a world from scratch I’d play City Skylines or Simcity and not the Sims.
I don’t like the look of the sims in any iteration. They have a very weird face in the sims 2, I prefer moulding rather than sliders of sims 2 and 3 but I hate sims 4 hair. Sims 3 sims never made me unhappy.
The Sims 3 actually has more lore, premade families and super interesting plot lines that articules between families of the city. Even dead sims revived have relationships with the sims that killed them and they were enemies with in real life; there are hidden skills and hidden traits. There are loads of world Easter eggs and info and sims have individualised traits, individual bios beyond beyond the family one and even buildings have a story.
Personality on sims 3 is the best ever and the sims 2 is my least favourite because of how randomised it is. I hate that the life time wish below the life time aspiration is randomised and that my family oriented sims has a criminal aspiration every time I created her and that is totally off character from what I imagined. Furthermore, the sims 3 has the best settings of any sims game to appease the biggest amount of play styles.
It’s my favourite game. It’s gutsy, ambitions, feature and content packed, vibrant and propels a gameplay of wonder and story telling. You’re entitled to like the sims 2 and I understand why you may prefer it but the sims 3 allows me more flexibility out of any iteration and it’s my favourite game. Your attitude of “I will not believe that the sims 3 is going well for someone” is ridiculous. There are loads of CZcamsrs who play the sims 3 after years. SO many people love it. And for good reason.
The Sims 2 just has that charm that TS3 & 4 lost. You can really tell that the developers loved TS2 like it was their own baby
I feel you so much on so many of these things! Personally I do actually really like the look of Sims 4 and the CAS, but unfortunately, that's about it, and I literally just end up using it as an overly-expensive dress up doll game. I also really like the open-ness and some of the gameplay elements of Sims3, but like you I just absolutely HATE how I can only really play one family consistently, and how while playing them I can't control my other families and they age and go around doing things I don't want them to. It genuinely stresses me out!
not only is Sims 2 Vanilla great but the modding community are amazing, they fix expansion bugs and revamp the game.
I have been playing sims 2 since 2008 and the features are just amazing. Here are a few things that make sims2 better than the rest
- Hood creation (create a neigborhood from scratch and decorate to your vision)
- Cutscenes on major life experinces (first woohoo, birthday age up, alien abduction)
- Sim intereactions are fluid and full of personality
- Kids and Teenagers act like...well Kids and teenagers and not robotic
- Aspiration meter, neglecting your sims whims causes them to go insane
- Business ownership was challenging but amazing
- The game punished you and your sim more than any other sims title it really made you play careful
Sims 3 is my fave, but Sims 2 is still an AMAZING game. So much fun, personality & flavor and the peak for Sims personalities.
And another good thing about sims 2 is you can make your own town using sim city 4 and export it to sims 2.
This was a beautiful love letter to the sims 2 ❤❤❤
I agree with you I CANNOT play sims 3 or 4
It's hard to explain to people why and you summed it up pretty well.
I recently got the entire sims 2 game series at a yard sell and am so excited to play them
The Sims 2 is so well thought out and has had so much love and thought put into it, that even without mods and cc (which do make it better and look more modern imo), it keeps you engaged for a looooong time. The Sims 4 sadly never even compared.
Also the storylines and drama were just so iconic
You made some good points, when it comes to control, I don't just enjoy controlling the sims but I also enjoy making the perfect town for them and the only game you can really do that on is the sims 2. I hate that the sims 3 is all about rabbit holes and the sims 4 is just awful because the neighborhood view looks like a cartoony map and looks completely different from lot view. It has all these decorations that look nice but don't always fit the aesthetic of the neighborhood I want to create, and there's no way to delete those decorations!
I agree with you on literally everything on this video 💯❤️ people always think I'm weird but sims 2 reminds me of my childhood and brings me to my happy place 🥰🥰 and the music is my favorite part! I sometimes will just keep it on neighborhood mode just to hear the music in the background ❤️❤️ it makes me happy and I love that thus game can provide that for me! Building my house and sim is my favorite part of the game. You have gotten a new subscriber mama! ❤️
When I first played the sims 3 and I saw Gunther goth was suddenly an elder I am ashamed to admit, I cried. I was going to snatch him up and romance the shit out of him. I panicked and turned all story progression off. I still think about that every time I think about sims 3. It really freaked me out haha. No, I agree with you for pretty much all your points.
you explained it so well! i totally agree with you. it really sucks how the sims 4 has sooooo many DLC's but despite that it really feels like sims 2 has way more content where everything is always used in one way or another (EA should realize that quality > quantity)
I prefer Rotational gameplay as well but I prefer Sims 3 with story progression off because of the open world, better beautiful big worlds and the fact there are dozens of great premade families to play with and not just a few and I prefer sims 3 lore (which goes beyond Sims and invades the actual world lots and history).
I don’t like life spans in the sims 2, the fact that when you go to a community lot and go back it’s the same time and the fact I almost don’t leave the house while playing and the loading screens feel very frustrating. The only thing I liked better was the relationship titles. It was my first game but I like the sims 3 for my play style. Sims 3 has the most content and better executed in my opinion. Unbeatable for me compared to other iterations.
The biggest problem for me with the sims 2 is that I have way too many hours in the sims, aka I’m really good at it. Making the sims 2 way to easy for me. Even with mods that makes it harder. I can play it but I quickly “finish” the game and have nothing to do. In the sims 3, I can do sooooo much
i feel you, i'm also too good at it now. lol. it's just that i never feel like i really "finish" a game, because of rotational gameplay, because i just go round and round amongst the households in a neighbourhood creating new storylines, bringing in new characters occasionally, it's enough to keep me entertained for a long time with one neighbourhood. and if i get bored of it, i just switch to a different neighbourhood for a while
AHHHH i just found ur channel and I LOVE sims 2 CZcamsrs. i just subbed!
super great video! keep it up!
thank you so much, glad you like it!!
It's 2023, I'm 33 and I caved in and installed sims 2, I just remember how fun it was to play. Actually play. Sims 3 visual style never worked for me and sims 4 is just a make over game. Once I fix all houses and sims and all looks pretty I'm done, it's really boring
I just started playing the Sims 2 with added custom content, I love it...because it has great story lines...plus with the inseminator cheat I was able to bring back Bella and have her fight for her marriage, she is enemies with Nina Caliente!! I brought back Micheal Bachelor and he was still pining for Nina but when he found out she was trying to seduce Mortimer he wrote her off, lol...Bella and Mortimer had another baby Matilda, yeah trying to make the family whole. Cassandra chose Darren Dreamer instead of Don Lothario, will see how that pans out and Alex is now in College....so yeah I love the Sims 2😊😊😊😊
Just want to say how much I appreciate this video! I grew up playing the Sims 2 and loved it but no longer have it, unfortunately. I never really got into the Sims 3 that much, but I've recently started playing the Sims 4 and I actually do enjoy it. Seeing people talk about how much the Sims 4 sucks and how much better the older Sims games are, often makes me not even want to play sometimes. This video, however, was really nice because you talked up the game you love more than you talked down the games you don't like as much and everything was so well said and it was nice to see your perspective!
I feel that in sims 2 and 3 my sims felt unique every time, and things happened to them. Even of I tried, and i did, to have the exact same sim and same life but it wouldnt work. And the sims 4 all of them feel the same, it doesnt matter what their traits are or their goals.
You're the reason why I love the sims 2 and I wanted to buy a new PC to download it 😩💜💜💜
I resonate with everything in this video! I started out playing The Sims 3 when I began playing on the computer. Then Sims 4 came out and it has just been very lackluster.
I got the Sims 2 Ultimate Collection a few years ago and I’ve been addicted ever since! The game just feels SO alive and complete! I love that the sims team even took the initiative to build interesting storylines for the Sims 2 as well.
I love your videos they’re always so much fun to watch!!! ❤️❤️❤️
If it wasn't for 3's open world I'd pick 2 as well. I'm a one family players so it's just so fun simply hovering and seeing Townies live their organic lives without me.
I agree with everything U said. Been stuck in bed being all stressy from the pms and this was weirdly comforting
i just met you after watch some thesimslore videos and im in love with your passion to TS2 (and your cute accent)
I recently downloaded the sims 2 ultimate collection and in having so much fun! I never played rotationally before, because I simply never though of it, but ever since I saw Pleasant Sims play that way, I knew I had to try it. It's so much more fun that way!
*nervous sweating* hi! nobody asked for my opinion but here it is! enjoy! haha
also i'm a dumbo and only just realised the videos i've put screenshots of in the video don't have the creators' names on them so:
Pleasant Sims' video on rotational gameplay: czcams.com/video/h45DMVPi-ys/video.html
Marticore's video on rotational gameplay: czcams.com/video/OPvhj6PNnHI/video.html
Marticore's video on lifespan: czcams.com/video/vSZpX9UJsIY/video.html
thanks have a nice day everyone
This girl gets it. ❤👍
The music in Sims 1 is the best in the whole series. But the CAW in Sims 3 did have loads of potentual.
Great video! I'm very happy that I'm not the only one who prefers The Sims 2 over the others
2:15 THIS THIS THIS.
I HATE the animation they have in sims 4. after a while of playing sims, you just learn where everything is and you just wanna do things quickly. but in the sims 4 no, I need to wait for all the actions to pop up with the little animation. every. single. time. and the way that no one seems to be bothered by it and there's nothing you can do about it 😣
I absolutely enjoy this video, everything you said is true. It somehow make me feel better knowing that i'm not the only person who has this thought. The way the sims 2 has cutscene, dynamic animations, music, even sounds, it feel so satisftying. Every tiny details they put to the game, make it even better.
Also, it makes me happy seeing people actually still playing the sims 2 and loving it like i do. I don't hate the sims 3 and 4, i think i just can't get used to them. Nothing can replace the sims 2.
And by the way, i'm one of them who subscribe this channel because the main content is the sims 2. I would love to see new videos from you
I understand you very well. The Sims 2 is and will always be my favourite. I havw been playing since its release in 2004 and still am surprised with new things.
The attention to details in this game naje it possible for ne to relate to my virtual people.
Will definitely follow your channel.
Good luck to you all and Happy Simming 2😊